Birdman island

Artist: b'Mortensen, Kevin.' | Title: b'Birdman island' | Date: 2005 | Technique: b'etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate' | Copyright: b'\xc2\xa9 Kevin Mortensen'
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Primary Artist

Kevin Mortensen (1939–2023)

Title

Birdman island

Date made

2005

Place made

Australia, Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Viridian Press, 11 Dickens Road, Olinda View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

29.8 x 47.4 cm (plate-mark)

Support

off-white wove paper

Support size

49.0 x 64.7 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

printer's proof

Edition information

edition of 15, incomplete as of July 2008; plus trial proofs, 1 right-to-print proof, 2 artist's proofs, 2 printer's proofs

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right below plate-mark in black pencil, 'K.C. MORTENSEN 05'. Titled lower centre below plate-mark in black pencil, 'Birdman Island'. Inscribed with edition details lower left below plate-mark in black pencil, 'P/P'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

172724

Accession number

2007.1501

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 2, 2007/2008 (2007-10-30)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from John Loane, printer and Director of Viridian Press, Canberra, 2007.

Credit line

Gordon Darling Australia Pacific Print Fund, celebrating the National Gallery of Australia’s 25th anniversary, 2007

Copyright

© Kevin Mortensen

Creators

Mortensen, Kevin. | (1939–2023) Australian | Male | artist

VIRIDIAN PRESS | (1988–) Australian | Organisation | print workshop

LOANE, John | (1950–) Australian | Male | printer

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013